XmlNodeReader.Value Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNodeReader.cs

Gets the text value of the current node.

C#

public override string Value { get; }

Property Value

String

The value returned depends on the NodeType of the node. The following table lists node types that have a value to return. All other node types return String.Empty.

Node Type	Value
Attribute	The value of the attribute.
CDATA	The content of the CDATA section.
Comment	The content of the comment.
DocumentType	The internal subset.
ProcessingInstruction	The entire content, excluding the target.
SignificantWhitespace	The white space between markup in a mixed content model.
Text	The content of the text node.
Whitespace	The white space between markup.
XmlDeclaration	The content of the declaration.

Examples

The following example reads an XML and displays each node.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  private const String filename = "items.xml";

  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlNodeReader reader = null;

    try
    {
        //Create an XmlNodeReader to read the XmlDocument.
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load(filename);
        reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc);

        //Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
        while (reader.Read())
        {
           switch (reader.NodeType)
           {
             case XmlNodeType.Element:
               Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Text:
               Console.Write(reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.CDATA:
               Console.Write(reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
               Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Comment:
               Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
               Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Document:
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
               Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
           }
          }
        }

     finally
     {
       if (reader!=null)
         reader.Close();
     }
  }
} // End class

The example uses the file, items.xml, as input.

XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- This is a sample XML document -->
<!DOCTYPE Items [<!ENTITY number "123">]>
<Items>
  <Item>Test with an entity: &number;</Item>
  <Item>test with a child element <more/> stuff</Item>
  <Item>test with a CDATA section <![CDATA[<456>]]> def</Item>
  <Item>Test with a char entity: A</Item>
  <!-- Fourteen chars in this element.-->
  <Item>1234567890ABCD</Item>
</Items>

Remarks

Note

In the .NET Framework 2.0, the recommended practice is to create XmlReader instances using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. This allows you to take full advantage of all the new features introduced in the .NET Framework. For more information, see the Remarks section in the XmlReader reference page.

Applies to